A Treatise on the Life of Ali

Features A Treatise on the Life of Ali

PREFACE — 9CHAPTER 1ALI AND POLITICSClassification of Historical events — 13Reality of Politics — 16Politics of Imam Ali (‘a) — 21CHAPTER 2ALI AND JIHADThe demands of the Quraysh — 40The Response — 43Invitation to Jihad — 44A study of Islamic governance — 49Islam only accepted two possibilities for the polytheists — 50The followers of other religions were only obliged to accept the governance of the Muslims — 51Did Islam fight a war against anyone other than disbelievers?
— 52Why did Islam impose its governance over other societies?
— 52The approach to war in Islam — 67CHAPTER 3ALI AND NAHJUL BALAGHAHNahjul Balaghah—the book of truth and reality — 77Some Objections to Nahjul Balaghah — 81The motives behind these objections — 83CHAPTER 4ALI AND POSITIVE GNOSTICISM (IRFAN) Gnosis and spiritual love — 96CHAPTER 5ALI AND THE REALITY OF DEATHThe extent of agreement on the issue of death in science and philosophy — 107A look at the phenomenon of life and its reality — 108A look at the common perception of death (A collection of contradictory views about death) — 112Before death and after death — 115Consolation that Epicurus offered to his followers about the chaos of death — 116Chaos of death and confusion after death — 120The confusion of after death — 122Death in the viewpoint of Ali — 124The midnight in which he received a new life — 133